Civilian body found north of Amara

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: Security forces in al-Amara found the body of a civilian man who was shot dead north of the city, according to a Missan security source on Saturday. “A force from the Iraqi army’s 10th Division discovered the body of a civilian man, who was shot dead and dumped in al-Magharba area, north of Amara,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The corpse was removed to the Amara’s al-Sadr Public Hospital morgue,” he added. Meanwhile, Missan Police Department Chief Maj. General Ismail Arrar al-Majidi told IraqiNews.com that no security were registered in the province during the Eid holidays, thanks to the strict security plan carried out by the Missan police in cooperation with the Iraqi army. “The plan envisaged the protection of public parks, main streets, residential areas and government offices during the Eid al-Adha holidays as well as tighter measures on checkpoints that were set up on the main highway linking the city with Basra and Baghdad provinces,” said Majidi. Amara, the capital city of Missan, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. SKH (P)/AmR 27